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Little things over time start to add up, and over time we begin to think replacing is the only way, but replacing furniture can be really expensive and sometimes unnecessary. Here are 5 easy fixes that won’t cost a lot to pull off.

1. Toothpaste for small holes in the wall!

My mom was the first to tell me about this after she tried it in college. They had tacked up posters in college but then needed to take them down. Well now there was a bunch of pin holes all through the wall, something they thought the landlord would not be impressed with. So they grabbed some toothpaste and filled the holes. It would’ve worked if they had used white toothpaste rather than blue. It really helps if after you paint a room you save your extras in a peanut butter jar so that if you need to patch you can paint over the patch so no one is the wiser!

2. Baking soda and vinegar to clean out drains.

We were always told to never combine these 2, but there are always exceptions to rules and cleaning drains is this one. Start by pouring a pot of boiling water down your drain. Then start sending about 1/2 cup of baking soda down. Let this sit for about 10 minutes. Then pour a mixture of 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup boiling water down the drain. Cover the drain with a plug or damp cloth, then let it sit for another 10 minutes. Finally flush one more pot of boiled water down the drain and your done!

3. Rub walnuts on wood to fill in scratches

No seriously! This works on floors, furniture, even doors or frames! Start by rubbing the walnut in a circular motion across the whole length of the scratch. Leave for a few minutes, then polish, the scratch is gone!

4. Cream of tartar, baking soda, and lemon juice to fight stains on you tub.

So we’re beginning to learn that baking soda can clean just about everything, so why not bathtub stains? Start by mixing equal parts of cream of tartar and baking soda, with enough lemon juice to make a paste. Use a cloth to rub the paste on the stain and then let sit for about 30 mins, rinse off and your tub will be sparkling again in no time!

5. Iron out dents in your wooden table (Caution this is not for veneer tables!)

My mother is always going on about the dents in her table from when we were younger but now I can show her this trick! Use a small pin to prick holes in the wood in the dent. Cover the dent with a moist cloth and run an iron overtop until it is steaming. The moisture from the cloth will go into the small holes and lift the wood.

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